The Spy with the Red Balloon (The Balloonmakers, #2)
By: Katherine Locke
3.92
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Siblings Ilse and Wolf hide a deep secret in their blood: with it, they can work magic. And the gov…
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1. Into the Wilderness (Wilderness, #1)
By: Sara Donati
4.12
Format: 876 pages, Paperback
Weaving a tapestry of fact and fiction, Sara Donati's epic novel sweeps us into another time and pl… read more
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- historical
- fiction
- historical fiction
2. Wires and Nerve (Wires and Nerve, #1)
By: Marissa Meyer , Douglas Holgate
4.11
Format: 238 pages, Hardcover
When rogue packs of wolf-hybrid soldiers threaten the tenuous peace alliance between Earth and Luna… read more
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- fiction
- fantasy
- young adult
"It is a beautiful irony that the great queen we've ever had is the first to take off her crown."-Marissa Meyer, Wires and Nerve (Wires and Nerve, #1)
"She could be a fire hazard. Maybe we should remove her from the ship before she spontaneously combusts."-Marissa Meyer, Wires and Nerve (Wires and Nerve, #1)
3. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
By: E.L. Konigsburg
3.76
Format: None pages,
When suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from some… read more
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- fiction
- young adult
4. Stormcaster (Shattered Realms, #3)
By: Cinda Williams Chima
4.31
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The third book in the thrilling four-book Shattered Realms series from New York Times bestselling a… read more
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- fantasy
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5. The Witch's Daughter (The Witch's Daughter, #1)
By: Paula Brackston
3.60
Format: 404 pages,
My name is Elizabeth Anne Hawksmith, and my age is three hundred and eighty-four years. Each new se… read more
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- historical
- magic
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
6. The Fixes
By: Owen Matthews
4.20
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Five... Eric Connelly is about to combust. Four... His senator father is forcing him to spend the e… read more
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- fiction
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9. Dreams of Joy (Shanghai Girls #2)
By: Lisa See
4.10
Format: None pages,
In her most powerful novel yet, acclaimed author Lisa See returns to the story of sisters Pearl and… read more
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10. A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
By: Freya Marske
4.29
Format: 422 pages, Hardcover
A Power Unbound is the final entry in Freya Marske’s beloved, award-winning Last Binding trilogy, t… read more
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- lgbt
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- queer
"Ross said, “Ask me if I’ve been paid for it."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"Now it was Maud's turn to laugh. She gave Jack an affectionate look from her position on the floor. Intolerable. Jack was never going to rid himself of any of these people."-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
"I would write you into immortality. I would trap you in ink and wear the pages next to my skin until they fell apart. Kiss me until I know you. Kiss me until you know me, unmake me, and love me anywa…"-Freya Marske, A Power Unbound (The Last Binding, #3)
11. Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
By: Adib Khorram
4.24
Format: 316 pages, Hardcover
Darius doesn't think he'll ever be enough, in America or in Iran. Darius Kellner speaks better K… read more
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- fiction
- queer
- young adult
- lgbt
"How could I be a tourist in my own past?"-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
"...love was and opportunity, not a burden."-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
"Don't ask me, we never did anything other than kissing."-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
"Suicide isn't the only way you can lose someone to depression."-Adib Khorram, Darius the Great Is Not Okay (Darius The Great, #1)
12. Stars in Your Eyes
By: Kacen Callender
3.80
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The National Book Award-winning author of Felix Ever After delivers a beautifully tender story of… read more
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- queer
- fiction
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13. The Mars Room
By: Rachel Kushner
3.44
Format: 338 pages, Hardcover
It’s 2003 and Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women’s Corr… read more
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- fiction
"We loved life more than the future."-Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room
"Where people are gone the night falls upward, black and unmanned."-Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room
"I was assigned a public defender. We were all hopeful things would go differently. They did not go differently. They went this way."-Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room
"You would not have gone. I understand that. You would not have gone up to his room. You would not have asked him for help. You would not have been wandering lost at midnight at age eleven. You would …"-Rachel Kushner, The Mars Room
14. All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
By: Caroline O'Donoghue
3.94
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
Maeve’s strangely astute tarot readings make her the talk of the school, until a classmate draws a … read more
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- young adult
- fiction
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- queer
"All the witches in stories know things by their true names, don't they?"-Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
"Lord protect me from beautiful musicians who call you by your last name."-Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
"Lily isn't dirty, per se; it's just that she doesn't really like to live in her body. She doesn't like to notice it. If she could just be a brain in a jar, reading books and drawing, she'd be much ha…"-Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
"Je ne regrette rien," she says softly. "I regret nothing. It's a stupid phrase." "It is?" "If you're an even remotely empathetic or flawed person, you should feel regret. If you behave badly, you sho…"-Caroline O'Donoghue, All Our Hidden Gifts (All Our Hidden Gifts, #1)
15. Spell Bound
By: F.T. Lukens
4.14
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Two rival apprentice sorcerers must team up to save their teachers and protect their own magic in t… read more
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- young adult
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- queer
"Sometimes a family was a mischievous magical boss, her magical rival turned friend, a magical girl who used to be a babysitter and now was like an older sister, and the person you didn't understand i…"-F.T. Lukens, Spell Bound
16. The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising, #3)
By: Kiersten White
3.60
Format: 11 pages, Audiobook
The gripping conclusion to an Arthurian fantasy trilogy finds Guinevere questioning everything—frie… read more
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- magic
- young adult
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- fantasy
"I am forever loving things that cannot love me back."-Kiersten White, The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising, #3)
"Why did hearts try to run themselves out of beats? They had so few."-Kiersten White, The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising, #3)
"She would mourn Morgana too. A person did not have to be good for there to be loss when they left this world ahead of their time."-Kiersten White, The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising, #3)
"She wanted to laugh at how similar Arthur and Mordred were. They made promises, but really they were both asking her to wait until the guilt faded and the pain lessened and she could live with what s…"-Kiersten White, The Excalibur Curse (Camelot Rising, #3)
17. The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)
By: Kiersten White
3.88
Format: 370 pages, ebook
The second book in a new fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, exp… read more
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- magic
- young adult
- historical fiction
"I am never in the dark when I am protecting you."-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)
"You are strong. You are brave. You are quite short."-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)
"Ah. Yes, that is the price of being clever. We win, and we hurt other people, and we always, always hurt ourselves."-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)
"The flock of birds always living in her chest these days had been startled. They flund themselves against the confines of her ribs, beating and flapping in a frenzy inside of her."-Kiersten White, The Camelot Betrayal (Camelot Rising, #2)
18. What Happened to Rachel Riley?
By: Claire Swinarski
4.23
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
An eighth grader uses social media posts, passed notes, and other clues to find out why a formerly … read more
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19. The Summer Queen (The Buried and the Bound, #2)
By: Rochelle Hassan
4.35
Format: 408 pages, Hardcover
This captivating sequel to The Buried and the Bound draws readers into the twisted and irresistible… read more
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- queer
20. The Spy with the Red Balloon (The Balloonmakers, #2)
By: Katherine Locke
3.92
Format: 362 pages, Hardcover
Siblings Ilse and Wolf hide a deep secret in their blood: with it, they can work magic. And the gov… read more
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- magic
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- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- queer
21. Celestial Monsters (The Sunbearer Duology, #2)
By: Aiden Thomas
4.42
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
Teo never thought he could be a Hero. Now, he doesn’t have a choice. The sun is gone, the Obsid… read more
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- queer
